Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture

409 Pages·2006·3.7 MB·English

by  Douglas J. Kennett

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY TRANSITION AGRICULTURE
and the to
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ORIGINS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE
Edited by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Joe Henrich
1.Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Agriculture, Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce
Winterhalder, editors
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BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
and the
TRANSITION AGRICULTURE
to
Edited by Douglas J. Kennett and Bruce Winterhalder
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2006 by
The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture / edited by Douglas
J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-24647-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Agriculture—Origin. 2. Agriculture, Prehistoric. 3. Human behavior.
4. Human ecology. 5. Human evolution. I. Kennett, Douglas J.
II. Winterhalder, Bruce.
GN799.A4B39 2006
306.3(cid:1)64—dc22
2005011959
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contents
List of Contributors / ix 8 • COSTLY SIGNALING, THE SEXUAL DIVISION
OF LABOR, AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION IN
Foreword / xi
THE ANDEAN HIGHLANDS / 167
William F. Keegan
Mark Aldenderfer
Preface / xiii
9 • HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, DOMESTIC
ANIMALS, AND LAND USE DURING THE
1 • BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE TRANSITION TRANSITION TO AGRICULTURE IN VALENCIA,
FROM HUNTING AND GATHERING TO
EASTERN SPAIN / 197
AGRICULTURE / 1
Sarah B. McClure, Michael A. Jochim, and C.
Bruce Winterhalder and Douglas J. Kennett Michael Barton
2 • A FUTURE DISCOUNTING EXPLANATION FOR 10 • BREAKING THE RAIN BARRIER AND THE
THEPERSISTENCE OF A MIXED FORAGING- TROPICAL SPREAD OF NEAR EASTERN
HORTICULTURE STRATEGY AMONG THE MIKEA AGRICULTURE INTO SOUTHERN ARABIA / 217
OFMADAGASCAR / 22 Joy McCorriston
Bram Tucker
11 • THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURE IN NEW
3 • CENTRAL PLACE FORAGING AND FOOD GUINEA: A MODEL OF CONTINUITY FROM
PRODUCTION ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, PRE-EXISTING FORAGING PRACTICES / 237
EASTERN KENTUCKY / 41 Tim Denham and Huw Barton
Kristen J. Gremillion
12 • THE IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION, FOOD
4 • ASPECTS OF OPTIMIZATION AND RISK DURING PRODUCTION AND THE COLONIZATION
THE EARLY AGRICULTURAL PERIOD IN OF OCEANIA / 265
SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA / 63 Douglas Kennett, Atholl Anderson, and Bruce
Michael W. Diehl and Jennifer A. Waters Winterhalder
5 • A FORMAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING 13 • HUMAN BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND THE
AGRICULTURE AMONG THE FREMONT / 87 TRANSITION TO FOOD PRODUCTION / 289
K. Renee Barlow Bruce D. Smith
6 • AN ECOLOGICAL MODEL FOR THE ORIGINS OF 14 • AGRICULTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY, AND HUMAN
MAIZE-BASED FOOD PRODUCTION ON THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY / 304
PACIFIC COAST OF SOUTHERN MEXICO / 103 Robert Bettinger
Douglas J. Kennett, Barbara Voorhies, and Dean
Martorana
References / 323
7 • THE ORIGINS OF PLANT CULTIVATION AND
Index / 381
DOMESTICATION IN THE NEOTROPICS: A
BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE / 137
Dolores R. Piperno
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contributors
mark aldenderfer michael w. diehl
Department of Anthropology Desert Archaeology, Inc.
The University of Arizona Tucson
Tucson
kristen j. gremillion
atholl anderson
Department of Anthropology
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Ohio State University
Division of Archaeology and Natural History Columbus
The Australian National University
Canberra, Australia michael jochim
k. renee barlow Department of Anthropology
University of California
Utah Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara
University of Utah
Salt Lake City william f. keegan
huw barton Florida Museum of Natural History
School of Archaeology and Ancient History University of Florida
University of Leicester, Gainesville
England
douglas j. kennett
c. michael barton
Department of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology University of Oregon
Arizona State University Eugene
Tempe
dean martorana
robert l. bettinger
Environmental Science Associates
Department of Anthropology San Francisco
University of California
Davis sarah b. m clure
c
tim denham Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
School of Geography and Environmental Science
Eugene
Monash University
Victoria, Australia
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